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The use of two Decca chains to obtain accurate fixes at long ranges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

A. R. Cottle
Affiliation:
(The Decca Navigator Company)

Extract

This paper deals with the improvement to be gained by using position lines from two Decca chains to obtain a fix in areas where a single chain fix is liable to extensive errors.

Recently The Decca Navigator Company, with the cooperation of the Admiralty, undertook a series of trials between Scotland and southern Norway, using the English and Danish chains of stations outside the normally used coverage of either chain. The results obtained were highly satisfactory and an account of them is given in this paper.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1950

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